Network resource access method, product, and apparatus

ABSTRACT

When a user retrieves a web page from a network and it is determined that the web page can be accessed from the network with a resource location request including a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) having one or more URI components, one or more domain names can be generated from at least one of a one or more URI components and at least a portion of the web page, and the user can be provided a copy of the web page from the network along with the ability to determine whether at least one domain name of said one or more domain names is available for registration.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The application for patent claims priority of U.S. ProvisionalApplication Ser. No. 60/153,594 filed Sep. 13, 1999, by Schneider andU.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/152,015 filed Sep. 1, 1999, bySchneider, et al., which are hereby incorporated by reference.;

Thethis application for patent is also related to co-pendingapplications and claims the benefita continuation-in-part of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 09/643,584 filed Aug. 22, 2000, by Schneider, etal., now U.S. Pat. No. 7,010,568; this application for patent is also acontinuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/598,134filed Jun. 21, 2000, by Schneider, andnow U.S. Pat. No. 6,895,430; andthis application for patent is also a continuation-in-part of U.S.patent application Ser. No. 09/532,500 filed Mar. 21, 2000, bySchneider, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,136,932, which are hereby incorporated byreference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention generally relates selecting online advertisements, andmore specifically relates to a method, product, and apparatus for usinga URI component to select and provide advertising, search terms, andavailable identifiers.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The Internet is a vast computer network consisting of many smallernetworks that span the world. A network provides a distributedcommunicating system of computers that are interconnected by variouselectronic communication links and computer software protocols. Becauseof the Internet's distributed and open network architecture, it ispossible to transfer data from one computer to any other computerworldwide. In 1991, the World-Wide-Web (WWW or Web) revolutionized theway information is managed and distributed.

The Web is based on the concept of hypertext and a transfer method knownas Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) which is designed to run primarilyover a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)connection that employs a standard Internet setup. A server computer mayissue the data and a client computer displays or processes it. TCP maythen convert messages into streams of packets at the source, thenreassemble them back into messages at the destination. Internet Protocol(IP) handles addressing, seeing to it that packets are routed acrossmultiple nodes and even across multiple networks with multiplestandards. HTTP protocol permits client systems connected to theInternet to access independent and geographically scattered serversystems also connected to the Internet.

Client side browsers, such as Netscape Navigator and/or MicrosoftInternet Explorer (MSIE) provide graphical user interface (GUI) basedclient applications that implement the client side portion of the HTTPprotocol. One format for information transfer is to create documentsusing Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). HTML pages are made up ofstandard text as well as formatting codes that indicate how the pageshould be displayed. The client side browser reads these codes in orderto display the page. A web page may be static and requires no variablesto display information or link to other predetermined web pages. A webpage is dynamic when arguments are passed which are either hidden in theweb page or entered from a client browser to supply the necessary inputsdisplayed on the web page. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a standardfor running external programs from a web server. CGI specifies how topass arguments to the executing program as part of the HTTP serverrequest. Commonly, a CGI script may take the name and value argumentsfrom an input form of a first web page which may be used as a query toaccess a database server and generate an HTML web page with customizeddata results as output that is passed back to the client browser fordisplay.

The Web is a means of accessing information on the Internet that allowsa user to “surf the web” and navigate Internet resources intuitively,without technical knowledge. The Web dispenses with command-lineutilities, which typically require a user to transmit sets of commandsto communicate with an Internet server. Instead, the Web is made up ofmillions of interconnected web pages, or documents, which may bedisplayed on a computer monitor. Hosts running special servers providethe Web pages. Software that runs these Web servers is available on awide range of computer platforms including PC's.

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a compact string of charactersfor identifying an abstract or physical resource. URIs, is the genericset of all names and addresses that refer to objects on the Internet.URIs that refer to objects accessed with existing protocols are known asURLs. A URL is the address of a file accessible on the Internet. The URLcontains the name of the protocol required to access the resource, adomain name, Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN), or IP address thatidentifies a specific computer on the Internet, and a hierarchicaldescription of a file location on the computer. In addition, the last(optional) part of the URL may be a “?” followed by a query stringhaving name/value pairs for parameters (e.g. “?size=small&quantity=3”)or a “#” followed by a fragment identifier indicating a particularposition within the specified document.

The URI “http://www.example.com:80/index.html#appendix” is theconcatenation of several components where “http:” is the scheme orprotocol, “//www.example.com” is the FQDN having “www” as the host ofthe domain name “example.com”, “:80” is the port connection for the HTTPserver request, “index.html” is the filename located on the server,“#appendix” is the identifier to display a fragment of the HTML filecalled “index”. The URL “http://www.example.com” also retrieves an HTMLfile called “index” on a HTTP server called “example.com”. By default,when either a port or filename is omitted upon accessing a HTTP servervia a URL, the client browser interprets the request by connecting viaport 80, and retrieving the HTML file called “index”.

A domain name consists of two parts: a host and a domain. Technically,the letters to the right of the “dot” (e.g., tut.net) are referred to asTop Level Domains (TLDs), while hosts, computers with assigned IPaddresses that are listed in specific TLD registries are known assecond-level domains (SLDs). For the domain name “tut.net”, “.net” isthe TLD, and “tut” is the SLD. Domain name space is the orderedhierarchical set of all possible domain names either in use or to beused for locating an IP address on the Internet. TLDs are known astop-level domains because they comprise the highest-order name spaceavailable on the Internet. Second-level domains, as well as third-leveldomains (3LDs) such as “king.tut.net”, are subsidiary to TLDs in thehierarchy of the Internet's DNS.

URLs are used in media and written in documents or typed within e-mail,and data files, etc. as a means to make reference to online content thathelps express the context of the ideas one wishes to communicate. URLsare generally written in an abbreviated manner as partial URLs or domainnames (e.g., “http://www.example.com” is the URL, “www.example.com” isthe FQDN, and “example.com” is the domain name). During the early stagesof commercialization on the Internet, businesses displayed the full URLwhen advertising a commercial or display ad as a means to locate suchresources on the Internet.

Improvements have been made to recognize partial URLs when entered inthe location field of a web browser or network accessible device forautomatically appending protocol information so a full URL request canbe made. By submitting a domain name or FQDN in the location field, thebrowser modifies the request by adjusting the partial URL and adding“http://” in front of the domain name or FQDN in order to construct avalid URL. As a result of this convenience, companies have modifiedtheir advertising and distribution of URLs through print, film, radio,television and other media as “example.com” or “www.example.com” insteadof the URL “http://www.example.com”. Though a helpful mnemonic forconsumers to more readily identify and access the location and origin ofgoods and services on a public network such as the Internet, themnemonic is only applicable when using a command line of a device orlocation field of a web browser program as a means to access theadvertised web site.

U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/143,859 filed Jul. 15, 1999, bySchneider entitled “Method and apparatus for generation, registration,resolution, and emulation of name space”, now abandoned, uses a domainname having a top level domain alias (TLDA) to simultaneously access andsearch a given resource demonstrating the combination of both resolutionand search services. For instance, when input is received and processedsuch as “http://example.44106”, steps are performed to determine that“.44106” is not a resolvable TLD and may be processed instead as asearch term. Steps may then be performed to translate input into a validURI such as “http://example.com/weather.cgi?zip=44106”. When the URI isaccessed, a CGI script called “weather” is executed passing the value“44106” for the name “zip”, which in this case represents a zip code. Byso doing a fictitious name may be used to simultaneously access both aresource and search request.

U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/152,015 filed Sep. 1, 1999, bySchneider, et al., entitled “Method and apparatus for using a portion ofa URI as a search request.” generates a shorter URI on the fly as asubstitute for longer URIs that reflect the results of queries or searchrequests. For instance, when “http://update.to/news” is received asinput it may be determined that no such URI exists and, in response,create the URI on the fly as a means to access content from a longer URIsuch as:

-   “http://update.to/cgi-bin/update.cgi?search=news”.

This clearly demonstrates the need for methods of encouraging thecreative use of URIs to access resources. Accordingly, in light of theabove, there is a strong need in the art for a system and method toimprove how resources and content including advertising, search terms,and available identifiers may be accessed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Briefly, the present invention allows portions of a URI to be used as asearch request for advertising selection. The invention allows forcoupons, rebates, offers and advertising to de displayed or printed inresponse to keywords extracted from a URI or meta content correspondingwith the page source of such a URI. The present invention displayskeywords extracted from Meta or Title information to assist a user orsubscriber with search terms to help form a query or search request. Theinvention also displays available identifiers such as domain names inaddition to the displayed search terms. The present invention allows forkeywords used as a search request to be further used as path names togenerate a shorter URI on the fly in real time rather than displayingsuch search results from a longer URI. The invention further usesextracted keywords to display advertising that represents competition tothe received URI. The present invention reduces the extra steps ofremembering or typing and possibly misspelling a recipient address, bycombining the functions of sending e-mail by only typing in a URI. Theinvention enables the user to combine Boolean logic with valid URInotation to generate a search request from the URI or vice-versa.

In general, in accordance with the present invention a method forlocating a network resource from a first identifier having a validaccessible first URI includes the steps of parsing at least one URIcomponent from the first URI, selecting a first content corresponding tosaid at least one URI component of the first URI, generating a validaccessible second URI that accesses said first content, and accessingthe first URI and said second URI.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention a method forprocessing a search request having at least one keyword, wherein thesearch results of the search request is accessed from an accessiblefirst URI having a query component that corresponds to the at least onekeyword includes the steps of generating a second URI having a defaultfile that accesses the first URI and a non-query component thatcorresponds to the at least one keyword, and accessing said second URI.

In accordance with yet another aspect of the present invention a methodfor sending a message to an e-mail address includes the steps ofaccessing an accessible first URI, wherein said first URI is not ane-mail address, submitting the message to be sent from said first URI,generating the e-mail address from said first URI in response tosubmitting the message, and sending the message to the generated e-mailaddress.

In accordance with yet additional aspects of the present invention, anapparatus which implements substantially the same functionality insubstantially the same manner as the methods described above isprovided.

In accordance with other additional aspects of the present invention, acomputer-readable medium that includes computer-executable instructionsmay be used to perform substantially the same methods as those describedabove is provided.

The foregoing and other features of the invention are hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims. The followingdescription and the annexed drawings set forth in detail one or moreillustrative aspects of the invention, such being indicative, however,of but one or a few of the various ways in which the principles of theinvention may be employed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1a is a block diagram of an exemplary distributed computer systemin accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 1b is a block diagram illustrating exemplary information recordsstored in memory in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed by a prior artsystem for accessing a URI.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generating avalid URI in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generating avalid URI in response to determining that an existing valid URI isinaccessible in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5a is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generatingan accessible second URI that retrieves an advertisement correspondingto components of a first URI in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 5b is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed generating anaccessible second URI that retrieves an advertisement correspondingadvertisement to meta-information of a first URI in accordance with thepresent invention.

FIG. 5c is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed generating anaccessible second URI that may access an advertisement, keywords, andavailable identifiers corresponding to a first URI in accordance withthe present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for extracting adomain or FQDN to determine hyperlinks or advertisements based oncompetition associated from a generated URI of received input inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generated anaccessible URI based upon a search request in accordance with thepresent invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram depicting how results may be displayed in a webbrowser in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention will now be described with reference to thedrawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to likeelements throughout.

Turning first to the nomenclature of the specification, the detaileddescription that follows represents processes and symbolicrepresentations of operations by conventional computer components,including a local processing unit, memory storage devices for the localprocessing unit, display devices, and input devices. Furthermore, theseprocesses and operations may utilize conventional computer components ina heterogeneous distributed computing environment, including remote fileservers, computer servers, and memory storage devices. These distributedcomputing components may be accessible to the local processing unit by acommunication network.

The processes and operations performed by the computer include themanipulation of data bits by a local processing unit and/or remoteserver and the maintenance of these bits within data structures residentin one or more of the local or remote memory storage devices. These datastructures impose a physical organization upon the collection of databits stored within a memory storage device and represent electromagneticspectrum elements.

A process may generally be defined as being a sequence ofcomputer-executed steps leading to a desired result. These stepsgenerally require physical manipulations of physical quantities.Usually, though not necessarily, these quantities may take the form ofelectrical, magnetic, or optical signals capable of being stored,transferred, combined, compared, or otherwise manipulated. It isconventional for those skilled in the art to refer to these signals asbits or bytes (when they have binary logic levels), pixel values, works,values, elements, symbols, characters, terms, numbers, points, records,objects, images, files, directories, subdirectories, or the like. Itshould be kept in mind, that these and similar terms should beassociated with appropriate physical quantities for computer operations,and that these terms are merely conventional labels applied to physicalquantities that exist within and during operation of the computer.

It should also be understood that manipulations within the computer areoften referred to in terms such as adding, comparing, moving,positioning, placing, illuminating, removing, altering, etc., which areoften associated with manual operations performed by a human operator.The operations described herein are machine operations performed inconjunction with various input provided by a human operator or user thatinteracts with the computer. The machines used for performing theoperation of the present invention include local or remotegeneral-purpose digital computers or other similar computing devices.

In addition, it should be understood that the programs, processes,methods, etc. described herein are not related or limited to anyparticular computer or apparatus nor are they related or limited to anyparticular communication network architecture. Rather, various types ofgeneral-purpose machines may be used with program modules constructed inaccordance with the teachings described herein. Similarly, it may proveadvantageous to construct a specialized apparatus to perform the methodsteps described herein by way of dedicated computer systems in aspecific network architecture with hard-wired logic or programs storedin nonvolatile memory, such as read only memory.

FIG. 1a illustrates an exemplary system for providing a distributedcomputer system 100 in accordance with one aspect of the presentinvention and may include client computers or any network accessapparatus 110 connected to server computers 120 via a network 130. Thenetwork 130 may use Internet communications protocols (IP) to allowclients 110 to communicate with servers 120. The network accessapparatus 110 may include a modem or like transceiver to communicatewith the electronic network 130. The modem may communicate with theelectronic network 130 via a line 116 such as a telephone line, an ISDNline, a coaxial line, a cable television line, a fiber optic line, or acomputer network line. Alternatively, the modem may wirelesslycommunicate with the electronic network 130. The electronic network 130may provide an on-line service, an Internet service provider, a localarea network service, a wide area network service, a cable televisionservice, a wireless data service, an intranet, a satellite service, orthe like.

The client computers 110 may be any network access apparatus includinghand held devices, palmtop computers, personal digital assistants(PDAs), notebook, laptop, portable computers, desktop PCs, workstations,and/or larger/smaller computer systems. It is noted that the networkaccess apparatus 110 may have a variety of forms, including but notlimited to, a general purpose computer, a network computer, an internettelevision, a set top box, a web-enabled telephone, an internetappliance, a portable wireless device, a game player, a video recorder,and/or an audio component, for example.

Each client 110 typically includes one or more processors 166, memories168, and input/output devices 170. An input device may be any suitabledevice for the user to give input to client computer system 110, forexample: a keyboard, a 10-key pad, a telephone key pad, a light pen orany pen pointing device, a touchscreen, a button, a dial, a joystick, asteering wheel, a foot pedal, a mouse, a trackball, an optical ormagnetic recognition unit such as a bar code or magnetic swipe reader, avoice or speech recognition unit, a remote control attached via cable orwireless link to a game set, television, and/or cable box. A data glove,an eye-tracking device, or any MIDI device may also be used. A displaydevice may be any suitable output device, such as a display screen,text-to-speech converter, printer, plotter, fax, television set, oraudio player. Although the input device is typically separate from thedisplay device, they may be combined; for example: a display with anintegrated touchscreen, a display with an integrated keyboard, or aspeech-recognition unit combined with a text-to-speech converter.

The servers 120 may be similarly configured. However, in many instancesserver sites 120 include many computers, perhaps connected by a separateprivate network. In fact, the network 130 may include hundreds ofthousands of individual networks of computers. Although client computers110 are shown separate from the server computers 120, it is understoodthat a single computer might perform the client and server roles. Thoseskilled in the art will appreciate that the computer environment 100shown in FIG. 1a is intended to be merely illustrative. The presentinvention may also be practiced in other computing environments. Forexample, the present invention may be practiced in multiple processorenvironments wherein the client computer includes multiple processors.Moreover, the client computer need not include all of the input/outputdevices as discussed above and may also include additional devices.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention mayalso be practiced via Intranets and more generally in distributedenvironments in which a client computer requests resources from a servercomputer.

During operation of the distributed system 100, users of the clients 110may desire to access information records 122 stored by the servers 120while utilizing, for example, the Web. Furthermore, such server systems120 may also include one or more search engines having one or moredatabases 124. The records of information 122 may be in the form of Webpages 150. The pages 150 may be data records including as content plaintextual information, or more complex digitally encoded multimediacontent, such as software programs, graphics, audio signals, videos, andso forth. It should be understood that although this description focuseson locating information on the World-Wide-Web, the system may also beused for locating information via other wide or local area networks(WANs and LANs), or information stored in a single computer using othercommunications protocols.

The clients 110 may execute Web browser programs 112, such as NetscapeNavigator or MSIE to locate the pages or records 150. The browserprograms 112 enable users to enter addresses of specific Web pages 150to be retrieved. Typically, the address of a Web page is specified as aURI or more specifically as a URL. In addition, when a page has beenretrieved, the browser programs 112 may provide access to other pages orrecords by “clicking” on hyperlinks (or links) to previously retrievedWeb pages. Such links may provide an automated way to enter the URL ofanother page, and to retrieve that page.

FIG. 1b illustrates a block diagram of a processor 166 coupled to astorage device such as memory 168 and to input/output devices 170 in aclient 110 and/or server 120 computing system. Stored in memory 168 maybe information records 122 having any combination of exemplary contentsuch as lists, files, and databases. Such records may include forexample: user modifiable configuration settings 174, identifiergeneration routines 176, FDN registry 178, TLD cache 180, prefixdatabase 182, Templates 184, GO List 186, name translation table 188,and advertising cache 190. These information records may be furtherintroduced and discussed in more detail throughout the disclosure ofthis invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed by a prior artsystem for locating a network resource from an identifier by accessing aURI. A device such as a network access apparatus 110, servlet, applet,stand-alone executable program, or user interface element such as a textbox object, command line, speech to text interface, location field 814of a web browser 112, may receive and parse input such as text or voicein step 210. It then may be determined in step 215 whether the input 210is a URI. If the input is a URI, then an attempt may be made in step 220to access the URI. The URI may be accessed when it is determined in step222 that the URI is accessible. If the input is not a URI, then it maybe determined in step 225 whether a URI can be generated from the input(e.g., if a scheme is missing the prefix “http://” or another schemeprefix may be concatenated to input). If so, then a URI is generated 230and an attempt may be made in step 220 to access the URI. If the URI cannot be generated or accessed, then a message indicating that the URI cannot be generated or accessed may be displayed in step 235.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generating avalid URI. When it is determined in step 225 that a URI can not begenerated from the input 210 in accordance with methods known to one ofordinary skill in the art, then it may be determined in step 310 whetherit is configured to determine whether other methods may be applied toaccess a valid URI corresponding to input. If configuration 174 is notenabled, then a message indicating that the URI can not be generated maybe displayed in step 235. However, when configuration is enabled, thenat least one other method may be applied in step 315 in sequence orparallel including methods explained in U.S. patent application Ser. No.09/532,500 filed Mar. 21, 2000, by Schneider, entitled “Fictitiousdomain name method, product, and apparatus” such as retrievinginformation from user modifiable configuration settings 174, template184, GO LIST 186, name translation table 188, and registry 178 (e.g.,processing a FDN, processing a TLDA as a search request, and multipleaccessibility from a plurality of generated URIs, etc.).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generating avalid URI in response to determining that an existing valid URI isinaccessible. When a valid URI is determined in step 222 to be notaccessible, then a valid URI may be generated in step 410 to accesscontent by extracting identifiers such as keywords from the non-querycomponent URI (e.g., directory, domain, port, or fragment, etc.) of theinaccessible URI and using such keywords or search terms as a searchrequest or as the query portion of the generated valid URI. After validURI generation in step 410 an attempt may be made in step 220 to accessthe URI.

FIG. 5a is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generatingan accessible second URI that retrieves an advertisement correspondingto components of a first URI. Upon receiving or generating a valid firstURI (step 215 or 230), a script may be executed in step 510 to extractat least one keyword from any URI components and select in step 515 anadvertisement from an advertising cache 190 that may correspond to anyextracted keywords and/or to other identifiers that are similar to suchextracted keywords. An accessible second URI may be generated in step520 that provides, renders, and/or displays a web page having twoframes. The first frame may access the selected ad and the second framemay access the first valid URI.

U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/143,859 filed Jul. 15, 1999, bySchneider entitled “Method and apparatus for generation, registration,resolution, and emulation of name space”, now abandoned, explains howURI components such as scheme, hostname, TLD, port, path, query, orfragment of a URI are regarded as data elements used for generating anaccessible URI. All combinations for concatenating component data thatdoes not form a full URI may be referred to as a Partial UniformResource Identifier (PURI). The same applies for Partial UniformResource Locators (PURLs) and other resource types.

For example, when the input “books.com” is received, the URI“http://books.com” is generated and URI components “http”, “books”,“com” may be extracted from the CGI script. The word “books” may be usedto select an advertisement by consulting a table of advertisementsand/or advertising cache 190 relating to the keyword “books”. Manyadvertisers may compete for rotation frequency of their ad per group orcategory. When an ad is selected, an accessible URI may be generated andwhen accessed displays the advertisement and web based location field inone frame and display the content of the URI “http://books.com” in thesecond frame. Another example, is when a TLDA is received as input suchas “top.stories”. The URI “http://stories.top.com” may be generatedbased upon a selected access method (note that a variety of accessmethods may be used by the present invention to generate differentaccessible URIs if need be). Keywords extracted from URI are “stories”and “top”. A phrase such as “top stories” and “stories top” may also begenerated from URI components to more specifically target ad categoriesfor advertisers.

FIG. 5b is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed generating anaccessible second URI that retrieves an advertisement correspondingadvertisement to meta-information of a first URI. Upon receiving orgenerating a valid first URI (step 215 or 230), a script may be executedin step 540 to submit a HTTP HEAD request of the valid URI. When a HTTPresponse is received then at least one keyword may be extracted in step545 from the response of the HEAD request from the <TITLE> and/or <META>tag of the target URI.

It may then be determined in step 550 which ad may be selected andretrieved from an ad cache 190 corresponding to at least one extractedkeyword. After the ad has been selected, an accessible second URI maythen be generated in step 555 that when accessed displays a web pagewith two frames. An ad may be accessed by the first frame includingselectable keywords to assist the user in performing further targetedsearching of other search requests, while accessing the first URI in theother frame.

For instance, before the content of URI “http://stories.top.com” may bedisplayed as a result of or input “top.stories”, while a URI HEADrequest further extracts keywords from the <META> tag or the <TITLE> tagfrom the URI to assist in yet more specific targeted ad rotation. Inaddition to “top” and “stories”, words like “news”, “headlines”,“weather”, “sports”, for example, may be extracted from the <META> tagof the URI. These extra keywords may be used to better target ads andalso provide suggested categories that may be dynamically generated onthe web page for selection to find more content specific to the user.After words have been extracted, the keywords may be used to select anad from an ad cache the may reside on the client machine and/or locallythrough an advertising cache 190 stored at the Internet Service Provider(ISP)/Application Service Provider (ASP) or the like. If an ad can notbe selected based on this information then keywords may be passed togenerate a URI having a query to further assist in ad selection.

The display of suggested search terms or keywords to assist a user inrefining a search request is not limited by the components of the URI toextract <META> or <TITLE> tag information from the next web page beforedisplaying the next page. Such keywords may also be selected from anyaccessed content and/or the page source of the URI. In addition, suchkeywords may be selected from any URI components. Another preferredimplementation is based on a search page as a front end for searchengines. To date there is no such program implemented to make use of anytagged language such as HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML, and SGML to name a fewthat extracts META information of a subsequent page to be used forextending the range of navigation by concurrently displaying such METAinformation separately from the web page when accessed.

FIG. 5c is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed generating anaccessible second URI that may access an advertisement, keywords, andavailable identifiers corresponding to a first URI. Upon receiving orgenerating a valid first URI (step 215 or 230), a script may be executedin step 560 to receive the page source of the first URI. Keywords maythen be parsed in step 565 from URI components and/or the page source ofthe first URI. At least one available identifier (e.g. domain name) maybe generated in step 570 by combining selected parsed keywords anddetermining identifier availability. U.S. patent application Ser. No.09/598,134 filed Jun. 21, 2000, by Schneider, entitled “Method andapparatus for integrating resolution services, registration services,and search services”, explains how identifiers such as domain names maybe generated in response to receiving keywords. Combinations of keywordsmay be concatenated and a TLD added to form a domain name. All generateddomain names may then be checked for availability.

Advertisements may be selected in step 575 by retrieving ads from an adcache that corresponds to at least one keyword or generated identifier.After keyword extraction, identifier generation, and ad selection, anaccessible second URI may be generated in step 580 that displays a webpage with two frames having the selected ad in the first frame includinglinks of any identifiers available for registration, and a list ofselectable keywords to assist with targeted searching of other webpages, while the first URI is accessed in a second frame.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for extracting adomain or FQDN to determine hyperlinks or advertisements based oncompetition associated from a generated URI of received input. Uponreceiving or generating a valid first URI (step 215 or 230), a scriptmay be executed in step 610 to parse a FQDN from the valid URI. Datathat corresponds to FQDN may be retrieved in step 615 from an addatabase 190 so at least one hyperlink may be generated or at least onead retrieved from data that represents competition to the FQDN. A secondURI may be generated in step 620 that has at least one hyperlink or atleast one ad as content. A third URI may be generated in step 625 thatdisplays a web page with two frames having content of the valid URI inthe first frame and the second URI in the second frame.

Ads may be targeted by displaying a combination of competitor ads and/orhyperlinks in response to receiving the domain name or FQDN of the URIas input. The selected advertisement may corresponds to competition ofan entity that manages the URI. For instance, the URI generated frominput is “http://www.burgerking.com” and “burgerking” is extracted anddetermines that a McDonalds ad, rebate, or coupon may be displayed inconjunction with displaying the “burgerking” website. Links to a“McDonalds” web site may also be provided. Inputting an identifier suchas “burgerking.44106” may generate the URI “http://44106.burgerking.com”and when “44106” is extracted from the identifier, Burger King locationsnear the zip code “44106” may be displayed in conjunction with thewebsite.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the steps performed for generated anaccessible URI based upon a search request. When a keyword is parsed instep 710 from a received search request, it then may be determined instep 715 whether a directory exists for the keyword. If the directoryexists then it may further be determined in step 720 whether a fileexists within the directory. If a file exists then it may be determinedin step 725 whether the content of the file requires modification. Ifmodification is needed then the content of the file may be modified instep 730 as necessary. If the directory does not exist then a directorymay be created in step 735. When the directory is created or when thedirectory exists but a file within the directory does not exist, a filewithin the directory may be created in step 740 forming a URI thataccesses results of the search request. When it is determined that thefile already exists in step 720 and does not need modification in step725 or the file is created in step 740 or the existing file is modifiedin step 735, then an attempt may be made in step 220 to access the URI.

For example, the home page of a website “http://update.to/index.htm” mayprovide an input text box that is used as a search request front end topass variables to a CGI script. When the word “news” is entered andsubmitted as an input search request, the URI“http://update.to/cgi-bin/update.cgi?search=news” is generated. Beforeaccessing the URI a script may be executed to determine whether adirectory called “news” exists on the server “update.to”. When it isdetermined that a “news” directory does not exist, then the directorymay be created. Furthermore, a file called “index.htm” is created in the“news” directory to generate the URI “http://update.to/news/index.htm”.The content of the “index.htm” file may include a URI redirection, a<META> tag refresh, or a <FRAME> tag which may be used to display thecontent from the URI of the search request“http://update.to/cgi-bin/update.cg i?search=news”.

In effect, shorter URLs are generated in real time or on-the-fly whennecessary and used as a substitute or proxy for longer URLs. Though anyfilename may be used, it is a preferred aspect to use “index.htm” as aframe or redirect so the proxy URL is even shorter in string length. Ashorter URL makes it easier for a user to remember the URL for futureuse. The invention is not limited to using only a FLD as a searchrequest. Any directory or combination of directory levels may be eithergenerated on the fly or used as a search request. In addition, to usingthe directory portion of a URI as a search request, a domain (e.g. SLD,3LD) or any combination of domain levels may in turn be used to generatea query.

Analysis from major online search engines show that more than 90% of allsearch requests include three keywords or less. For instance, anaccessible URI “http://example.com/coffee/cream/sugar/index.htm” may begenerated in response processing the search request “coffee and creamand sugar”. In turn, the input “example.com/coffee/cream/sugar” maygenerate search results in response to processing a web address or URIas a search request. Boolean logic may be applied to extend variationsof other search requests. In effect, URI notation may be used as asystem to generate a Boolean search request from the URI or vice-versa.For example, the search request “coffee or cream or sugar” may yield“http://example.com/coffee.cream.sugar/index.htm”

whereas the search request “coffee or cream and sugar” may yield“http://example.com/coffee.cream/sugar/index.htm”

Another example for using a URI to reduce user steps is to make use ofthe correspondence between a HTTP address and an e-mail address. Forinstance, web pages may be generated such that on each web page therecorresponds a hidden variable of an e-mail address as a means to contactthe owner of the web page. This is particularly useful when the web pageserves as a web based e-mail interface to contact a recipient such as afriend, co-worker, or business entity. For instance, when“http://zipit.to/president” is received as input and accessed, a webpage may be displayed allowing anyone viewing the web page to compose ane-mail message without having to enter the e-mail address of therecipient. The burden of remembering or inputting and possiblymisspelling the e-mail address of a recipient is eliminated because thehidden variable “mailto:president@zipit.to” is passed as a variable whenthe e-mail message is sent. After the composed e-mail is submitted fromthe web page, a lookup table or database may be used to further redirectthe e-mail to a final destination designated by the recipient. Ineffect, e-mail may be delivered by using protocols other than the“mailto:” protocol.

FIG. 8 is a diagram depicting how results may be displayed in a webbrowser in accordance with the present invention. A client 110 webbrowser 112 having a web page 810 is used to connect to a server 120 viathe Internet 130 that executes a CGI script 812. The location field ofthe web browser 112 is suppressed and the web page 810 displays at leasttwo frames. The first frame is the web based location field 814including room to rotate advertisements 815 and the second frame 816 maybe used to display the content 150 of a web address. An input device 170(e.g., keyboard, mouse, pen light, touch screen, or microphone etc.) ofa client computer or network access apparatus 110 is typically used toreceive a web address as input directly from a hyperlink (not shown) inthe web page 810, or from the location field 814 of the web page 810.

A HTTP GET request may be generated from input and the browser 112forwards the request to a server 120, which processes the request byexecuting a CGI script 812 to extract URI components for ad selection. Afirst URI 206 may be generated to receive a selected ad 815 for displayand refresh the web based location field 814 when accessed by the firstframe. The content 150 of the URI generated from the input may bedisplayed in the second frame 816 of the web page 810 when accessed. Thelocation field 814 of the first frame may either persist by displayingthe input or may be cleared out for entry of the next web address. Boththe first URI and second URI may be generated as frames and displayed asa web page 810 by the CGI script 812.

Another web page 810′ (as discussed in FIG. 5b) having a location fieldthat is suppressed may be displayed by using a different CGI script812′. The first frame 818 is the web based location field 814 includingroom to rotate advertisements 815′ and display suggested keywords,available domain names 822, or search terms 825 to assist a user inselecting a more specific search.

The second frame 820 may be used to display the content 150 of a webaddress. A URI GET request may be generated from input, and the browser112 may forward the request to a server 120, which processes the requestby executing a CGI script 812 to determine validity of the input.

An accessible URI is generated from the input and then a URI HEADrequest may obtain and extract header information from the accessibleURI to determine what advertisement 815′ and/or keywords 825 may begenerated and displayed in the first frame 818 of the web page 810′whereas the content of the second frame 820 is the content of the URI.Both the first URI and second URI may be generated as frames anddisplayed as a web page 810′ by the CGI script 812′.

Though the above aspects demonstrate how URIs may be accessed based upona web-based version of a location field, similar teachings may beapplied to those skilled in the art by providing a user interfaceelement such as a text box object as input. The text box object may belocated anywhere and on any web page including a text box that may beembedded or displayed as part of an on-line advertisement. The text boxobject may be used in a stand-alone application or stored on magneticand/or optical media that may be non-volatile, writable, removable, orportable. The text box object may be incorporated as an applet orservlet and embedded in other applications. The text box may beintegrated in the taskbar or any part of the GUI's OS, or the OSbypassed and a user interface element overlaid as a graphic on a displaydevice based on modifications to a video card and/or it's associatedfirmware or software drivers. A command line text box may be furtheroverlaid as an interactive object in other embodiments such as Internettelevision, cable television, digital television, or interactivetelevision through an Internet appliance or set top box.

Those skilled in the art may make and use software program thatfunctions as a browser plug-in. Such a program may be downloaded andinstalled for integration into the command line of a device or locationfield 154 of a browser program 112. Modifying the source code of thebrowser program 112 itself may be more desirable, in effect, enablingtens of millions of users to take advantage of more creative ways to useinput as a means to access a valid URI. In addition, advertising bannerads may be displayed directly as part of the GUI for the client browser112 rather than limited to web page based banner ad displayed in a frameas discussed in FIG. 8.

Although the invention has been shown and described with respect to acertain preferred aspect or aspects, it is obvious that equivalentalterations and modifications will occur to others skilled in the artupon the reading and understanding of this specification and the annexeddrawings. In particular regard to the various functions performed by theabove described items referred to by numerals (components, assemblies,devices, compositions, etc.), the terms (including a reference to a“means”) used to describe such items are intended to correspond, unlessotherwise indicated, to any item which performs the specified functionof the described item (e.g., that is functionally equivalent), eventhough not structurally equivalent to the disclosed structure whichperforms the function in the herein illustrated exemplary aspect oraspects of the invention. In addition, while a particular feature of theinvention may have been described above with respect to only one ofseveral illustrated aspects, such feature may be combined with one ormore other features of the other aspects, as may be desired andadvantageous for any given or particular application.

The description herein with reference to the figures will be understoodto describe the present invention in sufficient detail to enable oneskilled in the art to utilize the present invention in a variety ofapplications and devices. It will be readily apparent that variouschanges and modifications could be made therein without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the followingclaims.

I claim:
 1. A method for a user retrieving a web page from a networkcomprising: determining that the web page can be accessed from thenetwork with a resource location request including a Uniform ResourceIdentifier (URI) having one or more URI components; generating one ormore domain names from at least one of a the one or more URI componentsand or at least a portion of the web page; and, providing the user withthe web page from the network and providing the user with an ability todetermine whether at least one domain name of said the one or moredomain names is available for registration.
 2. The method, as set forthin claim 1, wherein said the generating said one or more domain namesfrom said at least a portion of the web page includes receiving markuplanguage from the web page, said markup language including headinformation.
 3. The method, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said themarkup language is one of a HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML, and SGML.
 4. Themethod, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said the head informationincludes at least one of a title information and meta information. 5.The method, as set forth in claim 2, wherein said the receiving said themarkup language from the web page includes retrieving said the at leasta portion of the web page with at least one of a HTTP HEAD request andHTTP GET request.
 6. The method, as set forth in claim 1, furtherincluding selecting one or more advertisements corresponding to at leastone of a the one or more domain names, the one or more URI components,and the at least a portion of the web page, or at least one otherportion of the web page.
 7. The method, as set forth in claim 6, whereinsaid the one or more advertisements is selected from at least one tableof advertisements.
 8. The method, as set forth in claim 7, wherein saidthe at least one table of advertisements is organized by one or moregroups and categories.
 9. The method, as set forth in claim 7, whereinsaid the at least one table of advertisements can be accessed from anadvertisement cache.
 10. The method, as set forth in claim 6, wherein afirst entity manages the web page and said the one or moreadvertisements correspond to a second entity that represents businesscompetition to said the first entity.
 11. The method, as set forth inclaim 1, wherein said the at least one domain name is generated from atleast one keyword extracted from said the at least one of a the one ormore URI components and or the at least a portion of the web page. 12.The method, as set forth in claim 1, further including generating one ormore keywords and search terms used to assist the user with performingan internet search engine request corresponding to at least one of a theone or more domain names, the one or more URI components, and the atleast a portion of the web page, or at least one other portion of theweb page.
 13. The method, as set forth in claim 12, further includingproviding the user with an ability to request an internet search enginerequest from said the one of a one or more keywords and search terms.14. A non-transitory computer program product comprising computerreadable program code stored on a computer readable medium, the programcode adapted to execute a method for a user requesting a web page from anetwork including determining that the web page can be accessed from thenetwork with a resource location request including a Uniform ResourceIdentifier (URI) having at least one URI component, generating one ormore domain names from at least one of a the one or more URI componentsand or at least a portion of the web page, and providing the user withthe web page from the network and providing the user with an ability todetermine whether at least one domain name of said the one or moredomain names is available for registration.
 15. A method for a userrequesting a web page from a network comprising: determining that theweb page can be accessed from the network with a resource locationrequest including a first Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) having oneor more URI components; parsing at least one keyword from the one ormore URI components; at least one of a generating one or more domainnames from said one or more URI components and for registration usingthe at least one keyword or selecting one or more advertisements fromsaid one or more URI components using the at least one keyword; and,wherein generating one or more domain names comprises concatenating theat least one keyword and adding a Top Level Domain (TLD) suffix; whereinselecting one or more advertisements comprises selecting one or moreadvertisements that correspond to the at least one keyword from at leastone table of advertisements; providing the user withgenerating a secondURI that provides the web page from the network and providing the userwithprovides an ability to at least one of a determine whether at leastone domain name of said the one or more domain names is available forregistration and or view at least one advertisement of said the one ormore advertisements; and providing the second URL.
 16. The method, asset forth in claim 15, wherein said one or more advertisements isselected from at least one table of advertisements.
 17. The method, asset forth in claim 15, wherein said the at least one table ofadvertisements is organized by one or more groups and categories. 18.The method, as set forth in claim 16 15, wherein said the at least onetable of advertisements can be accessed from an advertisement cache. 19.The method, as set forth in claim 16 15, wherein a first entity managesthe web page and said the one or more advertisements correspond to asecond entity that represents business competition to said first entity.20. The method, as set forth in claim 15, wherein said one or moredomain names are generated from at least one keyword extracted from saidone or more URI components.
 21. A method comprising: determining by acomputing device in communication with a network whether a web page canbe accessed from the network using a resource location request includinga Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) including a first domain name;parsing at least one keyword from the URI or, in response to determiningthat the web page can be accessed, at least a portion of the web page;generating by the computing device at least one generated domain namefor registration from the at least one keyword; wherein generating theat least one generated domain name comprises the computing deviceconcatenating the at least one keyword and the computing deviceselecting and adding a Top Level Domain (TLD) suffix; wherein the atleast one generated domain name is distinguishable from the first domainname; and the computing device providing one of the at least onegenerated domain name or, in response to determining that the web pagecan be accessed, the at least one generated domain name and the web pagefrom the network.
 22. The method, as set forth in claim 21, whereinparsing the at least one keyword from the at least a portion of the webpage comprises receiving markup language from the web page, the markuplanguage including head information.
 23. The method, as set forth inclaim 22, wherein the markup language is one of HTML, DHTML, XML, XHTML,or SGML.
 24. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein the headinformation comprises at least one of title information or metainformation.
 25. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein thereceiving the markup language from the web page comprises retrieving theat least a portion of the web page with at least one of a HTTP HEADrequest or HTTP GET request.
 26. The method, as set forth in claim 21,further comprising selecting one or more advertisements corresponding toat least one of the at least one generated domain name or the at leastone keyword.
 27. The method, as set forth in claim 26, wherein the oneor more advertisements is selected from at least one table ofadvertisements.
 28. The method, as set forth in claim 27, wherein the atleast one table of advertisements is organized by at least one of atleast one group or at least one category.
 29. The method, as set forthin claim 27, wherein the at least one table of advertisements isaccessed from a cache.
 30. The method, as set forth in claim 26, whereinthe web page is associated with a first entity and the one or moreadvertisements are associated with a second entity that representsbusiness competition to the first entity.
 31. The method, as set forthin claim 21, further comprising generating at least one search termwherein the at least one search term is associated with at least one ofthe at least one generated domain name or the at least one keyword. 32.The method, as set forth in claim 31, further comprising generating aninternet search engine request from the at least one of at least onekeyword or at least one search term.
 33. The method, as set forth inclaim 21, wherein the step of generating by the computing device atleast one generated domain name comprises generating at least onegenerated domain name that is available for registration.
 34. Themethod, as set forth in claim 33, wherein the step of generating by thecomputing device at least one generated domain name further comprisesdetermining that the at least one generated domain name is available forregistration.
 35. A non-transitory computer readable medium havinginstructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device,cause the computing device to perform operations comprising: determiningwhether a web page can be accessed from a network using a resourcelocation request including a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) includinga first domain name; parsing at least one keyword from the URI or, inresponse to determining that the web page can be accessed, at least aportion of the web page; generating at least one generated domain namefor registration from the at least one keyword; wherein generating theat least one generated domain name comprises concatenating the at leastone keyword and selecting and adding a Top Level Domain (TLD) suffix;wherein the at least one generated domain name is distinguishable fromthe first domain name; and providing one of the at least one generateddomain names or, in response to determining that the web page can beaccessed, the at least one generated domain name and the web page fromthe network.
 36. A method comprising: parsing by a computing device incommunication with a network at least one keyword from an accessiblefirst Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) comprising a resource locationrequest; selecting at least one advertisement that corresponds to the atleast one keyword; generating a second URI that effects provision of atleast one of the at least one advertisement to a user; and providing thesecond URI.
 37. The method, as set forth in claim 36, wherein the firstURI identifies at least one resource that is associated with a firstentity and the at least one advertisement is associated with a secondentity that represents business competition to the first entity.
 38. Themethod as set forth in claim 36 further comprising determining by thecomputing device that at least one resource can be accessed using thefirst URI.
 39. The method as set forth in claim 36 wherein generatingthe second URI that effects provision of at least one of the at leastone advertisement to a user further comprises generating the second URIwherein the second URI at least one of effects provision of at least oneof the at least one advertisement to a user or effects provision of atleast one resource accessible with the first URI to the user and effectsprovision of at least one of the at least one advertisement to the user.40. The method as set forth in claim 36 wherein parsing the at least onekeyword from the first URI further comprises parsing the at least onekeyword from the first URI and at least a portion of at least oneresource accessible with the first URI.
 41. The method as set forth inclaim 36 wherein the selecting the at least one advertisement furthercomprises selecting the at least one advertisement from a table.
 42. Themethod, as set forth in claim 41, wherein the at least one table ofadvertisements can be accessed from a cache.
 43. The method as set forthin claim 41 wherein the table is organized by at least one of at leastone group or at least one category.
 44. The method as set forth in claim36 further comprising generating one or more search terms to assist theuser with performing an internet search engine request corresponding toat least one of the at least one advertisement, a portion of the URI, orat least a portion of at least one resource accessible with the firstURI.
 45. The method as set forth in claim 44 further comprisingproviding the user with an ability to request an internet search enginerequest from at least one of the one or more search terms.
 46. Themethod as set forth in claim 36 wherein the providing the second URIfurther comprises suppressing a location field of a client browser. 47.The method as set forth in claim 36 wherein the generating the secondURI further comprises generating the second URI wherein the second URIalso effects provision of at least one hyperlink relating to the atleast one advertisement to the user.
 48. The method as set forth inclaim 36 wherein the first URI accesses at least a first resource, andwherein the second URI identifies a second resource having at least twoframes, at least one frame linking the first resource and at least oneother frame linking to the at least one advertisement.
 49. An apparatuscomprising: at least one interface adapted to receive a resourcelocation request, the resource location request comprising a UniformResource Identifier (URI) including a first domain name; at least onecomputing device in communication with the at least one interface and anetwork, the at least one computing device adapted to: determine whethera web page can be accessed from the network using the resource locationrequest; parse at least one keyword from the URI or, in response todetermining that the web page can be accessed, at least a portion of theweb page; generate at least one generated domain name for registrationfrom the at least one keyword; wherein generating the at least onegenerated domain name concatenating the at least one keyword andselecting and adding a Top Level Domain (TLD) suffix; wherein the atleast one generated domain name is distinguishable from the first domainname; and provide one of the at least one generated domain name or, inresponse to determining that the web page can be accessed, the at leastone generated domain name and the web page from the network.
 50. Anapparatus comprising: at least one interface adapted to receive aresource location request, the resource location request comprising anaccessible first Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); at least onecomputing device in communication with the at least one interface and anetwork, the at least one computing device adapted to: parse at leastone keyword from the first URI or at least a portion of at least onenetwork resource accessible using the first URI; select at least oneadvertisement that corresponds to the at least one keyword; generate asecond URI that effects provision of the at least one advertisement to auser or effects provision of the at least one network resource to theuser and effects provision of the at least one advertisement to theuser; and provide the second URI.
 51. The apparatus as set forth inclaim 50 wherein the at least one computing device is further adapted todetermine that the at least one network resource can be accessed usingthe first URI.
 52. The apparatus as set forth in claim 50 wherein the atleast one computing device is further adapted to select the at least oneadvertisement that corresponds to the at least one keyword from at leastone table of advertisements.
 53. The apparatus as set forth in claim 52wherein the at least one table of advertisements is organized by atleast one of at least one group or at least one category.
 54. Theapparatus as set forth in claim 52 wherein the at least one computingdevice is further adapted to access the at least one table ofadvertisements from a cache.
 55. The apparatus as set forth in claim 50wherein the at least one network resource is associated with a firstentity and the at least one advertisement is associated with a secondentity that represents business competition to the first entity.
 56. Theapparatus as set forth in claim 50 wherein the computing device isfurther adapted to generate one or more search terms used to assist theuser with performing an internet search engine request corresponding toat least one of the at least one advertisement, a portion of the URI,the at least a portion of the at least one network resource, or at leastone other portion of the at least one network resource.
 57. Theapparatus as set forth in claim 56 wherein the computing device isfurther adapted to provide the user with an ability to request aninternet search engine request from at least one of the one or moresearch terms.
 58. The apparatus as set forth in claim 50 wherein thecomputing device is further adapted to suppress a location field of abrowser.
 59. The apparatus as set forth in claim 50 wherein thecomputing device is further adapted to generate the second URI whereinthe second URI also effects provision of at least one hyperlink relatingto the at least one advertisement to the user.
 60. The apparatus as setforth in claim 50 wherein the computing device is further adapted togenerate the second URI wherein the second URI identifies a secondnetwork resource having at least two frames, at least one frame linkingto the first at least one network resource and at least one other framelinking to the at least one advertisement.
 61. A non-transitory tangiblecomputer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, theinstructions comprising: instructions for parsing by a computing devicein communication with a network at least one keyword from an accessiblefirst Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) comprising a resource locationrequest; instructions for selecting at least one advertisement thatcorresponds to the at least one keyword; instructions for generating asecond URI that effects provision of at least one of the at least oneadvertisement to a user; and instructions for providing the second URI.62. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium as set forth inclaim 61 wherein the instructions further comprise instructions fordetermining by the computing device that at least one resource can beaccessed using the first URI.
 63. The non-transitory tangible computerreadable medium as set forth in claim 61 wherein generating the secondURI that effects provision of at least one of the at least oneadvertisement to a user further comprises generating the second URIwherein the second URI at least one of effects provision of at least oneof the at least one advertisement to a user or effects provision of atleast one resource accessible with the first URI to the user and effectsprovision of at least one of the at least one advertisement to the user.64. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium as set forth inclaim 61 wherein parsing the at least one keyword from the first URIfurther comprises parsing the at least one keyword from the first URIand at least a portion of at least one resource accessible with thefirst URI.
 65. The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium asset forth in claim 61 wherein the selecting the at least oneadvertisement further comprises selecting the at least one advertisementfrom a table.
 66. The non-transitory tangible computer readable mediumas set forth in claim 65 wherein the table is organized by at least oneof at least one group or at least one category.
 67. The non-transitorytangible computer readable medium as set forth in claim 65 wherein theat least one table of advertisements can be accessed from a cache. 68.The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium as set forth inclaim 61 wherein the first URI identifies at least one resource that isassociated with a first entity and the at least one advertisement isassociated with a second entity that represents business competition tothe first entity.
 69. The non-transitory tangible computer readablemedium as set forth in claim 61 wherein the instructions furthercomprise generating one or more search terms to assist the user withperforming an internet search engine request corresponding to at leastone of the at least one advertisement, a portion of the URI, or at leasta portion of at least one resource accessible with the first URI. 70.The non-transitory tangible computer readable medium as set forth inclaim 69 wherein the instructions further comprise providing the userwith an ability to request an internet search engine request from atleast one of the one or more search terms.
 71. The non-transitorytangible computer readable medium as set forth in claim 61 wherein theproviding the second URI further comprises suppressing a location fieldof a client browser.
 72. The non-transitory tangible computer readablemedium as set forth in claim 61 wherein the generating the second URIfurther comprises generating the second URI wherein the second URI alsoeffects provision of at least one hyperlink relating to the at least oneadvertisement to the user.
 73. The non-transitory tangible computerreadable medium as set forth in claim 61 wherein the first URI accessesat least a first resource, and wherein the second URI identifies asecond resource having at least two frames, at least one frame linkingthe first resource and at least one other frame linking to the at leastone advertisement.